Mondial Assistance UK teams up with local charity to launch internet workshops with the elderly

Here Mondial Assistance UK we have teamed up with the leading local charity Age UK Croydon and local social responsibility charity Croydon Commitment to launch a series of internet workshops for the elderly. Our staff have volunteered their time to help local residents get to grips with basic internet skills and brush up on their computer knowledge.

The sessions take place in a very relaxed and informal atmosphere where the volunteers work with each resident on their specific needs and areas of interest, in order to help them to make use of the internet in their day to day lives. Activities can range from simple Google searches to looking up train times, to sending emails to friends and family and even ordering shopping online.

These internet workshops are a fantastic way for our employees to be able to make a difference in our community. We are always keen to get involved with various local events and it is a great pleasure to be working alongside Age UK Croydon and Croydon Commitment in this innovative project. By giving just a few hours of their time, our staff are providing an invaluable service and making a real difference to the lives of our elderly neighbours.

We regularly take part in various events to engage with the local community and businesses. This includes sponsorship of the Croydon Charity Ball set to take place on the 15^th May 2012.

One of our main aims at Mondial is to give something back to our local community and we all really enjoy these type of activities where we get to meet lots of different people.  We want to say a big thank you to Age UK Croydon and Croydon Commitment for helping us to set up the workshops and also to Croydon College for donating one of their IT suites. We hope that the next workshops prove to be just as successful.

Mondial Assistance UK Celebrates Another Sport Relief Success

Here at Mondial Assistance UK we opened our call centre for the sixth consecutive year to take donations for this year’s Sport Relief. Throughout the night our staff took pledges for over £40,000, contributing to the event’s record breaking £52million total.

Call centre volunteers came from all across the business, including the Executive Board who were involved in answering the phones and taking pledges. A little healthy competition kept spirits high, with competitions to see who could take the most calls and the highest donation of the evening. The highest single donation received was for £500 and one person took over £2500 in pledges.

Staff who took part were kept entertained throughout the evening by a caricaturist and treated to a relaxing neck and shoulder massage. They were also rewarded with goody bags full of food and treats donated by local and national businesses, including Crystal Palace Football Club who generously gave two tickets to an upcoming match to each volunteer.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our staff, local organisations and businesses who all wanted to help Sport Relief in any way they could. In particular, all the food and drink donated from local organisations such as Croydon College, Scrumpchinos, Costco Croydon and the Croydon Park Hotel really helped to keep all our energy levels up.

Overall it was a fantastic night and everybody worked so hard to take as many pledges as possible. It really makes all of the preparation that goes on beforehand worth it. The night would not have been as much of a success without the participation of everyone so we want to say a massive thank you to everybody and hope that they will continue their support in future events.

Mondial Assistance UK Spreads Some Festive Cheer

At Mondial Assistance UK we jumped into the Christmas spirit again this year, with employees from around the whole company   spreading festive joy by taking part in our annual One More Gift campaign. This year the proceeds went to St Giles School in Croydon.

St Giles School is a specialist school for pupils with physical disabilities and complex medical needs, aged 4 - 16. They also accommodate students with profound and multiple learning disabilities up to the age of 19. Over 100 students come from a vast catchment area which includes Croydon, Sutton, Surrey and Wandsworth.

We asked everyone in the office to buy an extra gift this Christmas so that they could be wrapped and then given to the children at St Giles School as a special festive treat.  Those of us visiting the school to hand out gifts also had the pleasure of watching the school’s nativity play.

As well as giving an extra gift, some people took part in other festive activities to raise money for St Giles School, with the proceeds going towards buying new equipment for the school’s sensory pathway, which was designed by pupils.  The Christmas party raffle kicked off the fundraising whilst a special December Dress Down Day saw the Executive Board serve tea, coffee and mince pies to all Croydon based employees. To top it all off, the Mondial Christmas Choir spread some Christmas cheer throughout the community by singing carols outside of the Croydon Visitor Centre. In total, an amazing £1433.68 was raised.

 Can't wait to do it all again next year and raise even more money!